Sausage-Roll Jesus Stirs Up An Early Christmas Controversy

This sausage roll is bringing joy to the world... and a few complaints, too.

This sausage roll is bringing joy to the world ― and a few complaints, too.

Greggs, a British bakery chain with more than 1,800 locations, released an Advent calendar with coupons and cheeky holiday images. One shows the Three Wise Men gathered around a manger with a meaty treat in place of the baby Jesus.

That led to some grumbles, and even calls for a boycott.

Please boycott @GreggsOfficial to protest against its sick anti-Christian Advent Calendar. What cowards these people are: we all know that they would never dare insult other religions! They should donate every penny of their profits to @salvationarmyukhttps://t.co/tAV7CRP7WM

The U.K. Evangelical Alliance told BBC Money that it wasn’t “too outraged” by the image, but was concerned about the holiday being used for marketing.

“Every year some company creates a Christmas controversy for commercial gain. It seems to get earlier each year,” spokesman Daniel Webster told the network. “That’s the scandal that should be talked about this Christmas, not processed outrage to sell processed food.”

Greggs can do no wrong as far as my charity is concerned, they give us so much food for our soup kitchens to feed the homeless and a Xmas donation. I’m a Christian and had a chuckle at the sausage roll. Peace and love.